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SoilTech Wireless founder and CEO Ehsan Soltan has been named a 2026 CEO of Influence, highlighting rural Idaho entrepreneurship and agtech innovation.
Fast Forward founder Dusty Birge is bringing rural innovation to a national stage, showing how a Nebraska-built tech company is helping utilities strengthen electric grid reliability and resilience.
Verde Technologies is advancing lightweight perovskite solar technology from Vermont, targeting the growing space economy while building toward broader clean energy markets.
Massive Dimension is advancing large-format 3D printing from rural Vermont, building pellet extrusion technology that helps manufacturers print bigger, faster, and more efficiently.
Waldo is modernizing the timber supply chain from rural Michigan, replacing paper-based forestry workflows with digital tools built by and for the people who know the industry.
We’re seeing exciting momentum from Barn Owl Precision Agriculture (BOPA). They’ve completed the initial close of a $3 million funding round and have added new ANT (Autonomous Nano Tractor) leases covering more than 150,000 acres.
Big climate breakthroughs aren’t just happening in big cities. In rural Vermont, Verde Technologies is scaling next-generation solar technology that’s lighter, more flexible, and poised to reshape how the world produces clean energy.
Agile Space Industries, one of CORI Innovation Fund’s portfolio companies, has exceptional momentum. They recently closed a $17M Series A and are well-positioned to lead the next era of commercial and national security space missions.
The investment CIF made in Disa in 2021 allowed the company to expand its HPSA technology to commercial scale and led to significant follow-on investment.
Today, the CORI Innovation Fund II announced an investment in Barn Owl Precision Agriculture, a tech startup based in La Junta, Colorado, developing time- and budget-saving solutions for small and mid-sized farms.
